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No. 596,309. Patented Dec 28,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT EETcE.

IVILLIAM J. TEMPLE, OF HAMPDEN, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF TI-IREE-FOURTHS TO A. A. POMEROY, GEORGE WV. SWEETSER, AND A. A. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED WAGON JACK AND WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,309, dated December 28, 1897.

Application filedMarch 3,1897. Serial No. 625,821. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

IIampden, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented certain new and 5 useful Improvements in a Combined Wagon Jack and Wrench, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined wagon jack and wrench, and has for its object to provide an appliance which may be used to support the end of a wagon-axle and which shall also comprise in its construction a wrench or means for manipulating the axle-nut.

The invention consists in the improvements which I shall now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 shows a perspective View of my improved wagon jack and wrench. Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the same applied to a wagon-axle. Figs. 3 and 4 are views showing the manner of manipulating the device.-

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents aframe which is composed of a lower arm a, an upper arm a and an end connecting portion or neck w. The arm a has a relatively thin projection a at its inner or free end, whichis adapted to be inserted under the screw-threaded end of the wagon-axle after the nut has been removed and to allow the wagon-wheel to be slipped ofi the axle I) while the said arm remains in position. The upper arm a which is adapted to be inserted between the spokes of the wheel 0 in the manner shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 is curved downwardly at its outer end and has a concave end piece a which fits over the inner portion of the axle, the said arm 0L acting as a brace for the arm a.

The frame a is recessed near its upper and outer portion to form a handle a, and when the jack is in the position shown in Fig. 2 with respect to the axle the wheel 0 may easily be lifted from the ground by means of the said handle, provided the vehicle is not over heavy. The nut having been removed the wheelc is then slipped from the axle b and the inside of the hub and rests onthe 1 arm a. while the axle is being lubricated, after v Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. TEMPLE, of

which operation the wheel is slipped back in place and the nut replaced. In this way the arm a acts as an extension of the axle b, and the wheel may be allowed to rest on the ground while the lubrication or other operation ensues, the only lifting required of the operator occurring when the wheel is slipped on or 01f its bearing. 7

The frame a is provided with a wrench attachment comprising a hinged bearing e, a sliding rotatable shaft 6; a crank 6 and handle e fixed to the outer end of said shaft, and a gripping-head e fixed to the inner end thereof. The bearing e is hinged between ears 6 e or other supports formed on or attached to the neck a of the frame a, and the whole wrench attachment is thus adapted to be swung aside when the wheel 0 is slipped onto the arm a. The gripping head 6 is squared to engage the axle-nut and is provided witha spring-detent eflwhich is adapted to press against the nut and retain the same after disengagement with the axle, which avoids the necessity of handling the nut.

The crank e and handle e furnish the necessary means for giving the nut a twisting motion, and the shaft e is loosely mounted in the bearing 6 to permit of the ready adjustment of the wrench to the said nut.

The above-described construction may be varied in detail without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim- 1. An appliance of the character specified comprising in its construction a frame having a lower arm adapted to be inserted under the end of a wagon-axle and to act both as a support and an extension for said axle against which the wheel may rest when removed from its bearing, and a brace connected with the outer end of said arm and adapted to pass between the spokes of the wheel and rest against the inner portion of the axle, a neck connecting said arm and brace, a bearing hinged to said neck, and a wrench mounted to slide and rotate in said bearing. I

2. An appliance of the character specified, comprising an arm formed to engage an axlearm and enter a wheel-hub, a brace adapted 10 Vided with a spring-detent in one of the side walls of said recess for retaining said nut in the recess.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 9th day of 15 February, A. D. 1897.

WILLIAM J. TEMPLE. \Vitnesses:

T. W. VOSE, F. A. ADAMS. 

